The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Maybe today's ammo prices aren't so out of line?

BobCat45 · January 7, 2014, 05:15 PM

When I moved to Houston in 1990 a 550 round box of Federal bulk pack .22 was $8.88 at Walmart. Last year, before the ammo crunch, it was about $14-$15.

If you go to www.measuringworth.com and click on Relative Values - US and put 1990 and $8.88, and ask for 2012 (latest year available) you get about $15-$16 depending on which of the measures of value used. Seems fishy but there it is.

Of course, there is no data for 2013 and no accounting for the ammo panic, but I think the conclusion is that today's prices aren't really out of line, they just seem like it because the currency is so degraded.

January 7, 2014, 05:15 PM	#7
BobCat45 Senior Member Join Date: May 18, 2004 Location: East Bernard, TX Posts: 523	When I moved to Houston in 1990 a 550 round box of Federal bulk pack .22 was $8.88 at Walmart. Last year, before the ammo crunch, it was about $14-$15. If you go to www.measuringworth.com and click on Relative Values - US and put 1990 and $8.88, and ask for 2012 (latest year available) you get about $15-$16 depending on which of the measures of value used. Seems fishy but there it is. Of course, there is no data for 2013 and no accounting for the ammo panic, but I think the conclusion is that today's prices aren't really out of line, they just seem like it because the currency is so degraded.